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Packers equipment manager reveals one way to deal with Bears

September 7, 2013

Gordon "Red" Batty, Green Bay Packers equipment manager since 1994, visited Stephenson recently to talk to the Eagles high school football team.

Batty, according to Tom (Richie) Kaeser of The EagleHerald, says there are 65 different styles of face masks, $40,000 worth of shoulder pads that are custom made for each player, 400 pairs of pants, $30,000 worth of gloves and 800 footballs.

The Packers don't miss a trick. If the Bears are wearing black jerseys, the Packers are putting on black gloves.

"That way you can get your hands on them without being noticed as much," Batty said.

By the way, the Packers and 24 other NFL teams have their uniforms made in Berlin, Wis. ...

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